Accord pour la suspension coordonnée du règlement des différends investisseurs-États en ce qui concerne les mesures et les différends liés à la COVID-19

The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) provides a proposed legal text and commentary for an agreement to suspend investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) for COVID-19 related measures. The proposal aims to protect governments from unprecedented risks of foreign investor claims resulting from emergency public health and economic interventions. It suggests both a multilateral approach for broad coverage and a bilateral approach for faster implementation, featuring a 'self-judging' definition of COVID-19 measures to ensure state sovereignty over the classification of such actions.

• The proposed agreement allows signatory states to suspend the application of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions in all investment treaties concluded between them for disputes involving measures related to COVID-19.
• The definition of 'COVID-19 related measures' is designed to be 'self-judging,' meaning that if a host state declares in good faith that a measure is related to COVID-19, a tribunal cannot override that determination.
• The scope of the suspension covers conduct attributable to a signatory adopted on or after December 1, 2019, specifically relating to the virus, the availability of goods and services, or the stability and development of the national economy.
• While a multilateral agreement offers the advantage of applying to hundreds of treaties simultaneously, the document recommends bilateral agreements as a faster and easier alternative to address high-risk treaties immediately.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2020). Accord pour la suspension coordonnée du règlement des différends investisseurs-États en ce qui concerne les mesures et les différends liés à la COVID-19. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-02/suspension-isds-covid-19-fr.pdf

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Accord pour la suspension coordonnée du règlement des différends investisseurs-États en ce qui concerne les mesures et les différends liés à la COVID-19. 2020. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-02/suspension-isds-covid-19-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2020accord, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Accord pour la suspension coordonnée du règlement des différends investisseurs-États en ce qui concerne les mesures et les différends liés à la COVID-19}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2020}, month = jun, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2021-02/suspension-isds-covid-19-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }